The NHS, or National Health Service was founded in 1948 and is the largest publicly funded health service in the world. Working in the NHS is over 1.7 million people and only nearly 50% of these are medically trained, so as you can imagine, there are numerous Career Choices to fill. The NHS has a wide range of Careers to provide and can be available to just about anyone, Career Choices here can include medical practice to IT roles and chaplains to drivers. It would be unreasonable to describe all of the roles on offer in such a brief article, but we will look at a select few to provide you some ideas of what you can expect.

When Careers in the NHS are referred to, the most common thing that comes to mind would be doctors and nurses. Now these are only categorisations of the roles to choose from, depending on what you were searching for, there can be numerous options to select from. A good all-round role to consider if you’re looking for New Careers would be a GP. GP’s cover many aspects of medicine and diagnosing patient issues, they are usually the first point of contact for a patient and so it is vital they have good knowledge of different illnesses and disorders.

Nurses partake in more of a caring role. They are asked to provide and manage the care of various patients. This can be split into many methods and places, nurses can be stationed in hospitals, prisons and schools, there are also district nurses who visit patients who are not able to travel to hospital or have to recieve special treatment on an individual basis. Careers in nursing can be demanding but very rewarding if it is something you are interested in.

When looking for New Careers in the NHS, you may have something particular in mind or perhaps already have special qualifications. There are far too many specialist roles to detail here, each unique department in the hospital has dedicated doctors and nurses who have the required training to help patients and use the specialised equipment. Specialist Careers can consist of surgeons, each who yet again can focus on specific types of surgery like neurosurgery, there are also roles such as physiotherapists, biomedical scientists and cardiographers. If you’re delving into specifics, it’s always best to check the NHS Careers website for a wide list of roles available.

There are plenty other Career Choices obtainable in the NHS and having a medical background is not vital. If you’re searching for something different there are plenty of roles available in IT, call centres and working as a secretary/receptionist. General clerks can partake in an office style job by carrying out duties such as filing, record keeping and photocopying. IT staff have a range of positions maintaining the hospital computer servers and occasionally managing the patient database software. If IT isn’t your cup of tea then there are also roles as chefs in the hospital kitchens, cleaners are essential for keeping good hygiene, porters are used for transporting equipment and patients between wards and groundsmen tend to the gardens and surroundings of the hospital.

It’s obvious to see there’s nearly something for everyone in the NHS and if you’re really interested in working for the health service then it’s a good idea to check the NHS website and see what is currently vacant.

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